Millions of Shia Muslims take part in world's greatest pilgrimage as ISIS is finally defeated

November 9, 2017

Twice the size of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, yet nowhere near as well known, the Arbaeen comes this year at a moment of victory for...

A Critique of ISIS's Brutal Thought

November 10, 2017

The rampage caused by radicalized groups in Southwest Asia and their atrocities have affected millions of people, most of the victims being Muslims. Therefore, IRIC has prepared a revelatory article about the ISIS concerning their brutal mayhems' origins...

Reflection of Arbaeen Religious Rally in Karbala in the Western Media

November 12, 2017

- American Herald Tribune: An Estimated 20 Million Muslims Converge on the Iraqi City of Karbala for the Largest Anti-Terror Rally;
- The Independent: Millions of Shia Muslims...

Grand Shaikh of Al-Azhar named world’s most influential Muslim

November 3, 2017

The honor was bestowed on Shaikh Ahmad Muhammad Al-Tayyeb by the “Muslim 500,” an annual publication which ranks the most influential Muslims in the world. The Muslim...

Many Central and Eastern Europeans see link between religion and national identity

November 3, 2017

Of the 18 countries recently surveyed in the region, two have an official state religion. Nine others, unofficially “prefer” a religion...

World Council of Churches welcomes Muslim World League general secretary

November 9, 2017

Dr Mohammad bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa, general secretary of the MWL visited the World Council of Churches in the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva...

IRIC Winter Semester 2017: The Cultural Interaction between Islam and Western Societies

Registration Deadline: December 5, 2017

The Islamic Research and Information Center is planning to hold its new semester of educational classes from Azar 23th, 1396 (Dec. 14, 2017)....

Confronting Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes in Britain

November 29, 2017 | Finsbury Park Mosque, London, UK

In the wake of the London and Manchester attacks, hate crimes targeted at Muslims and their places of worship have soared. More recently, Dr Nasser Kurdy was stabbed outside the Altrincham Islamic Centre in Greater Manchester; and the late Makram Ali, died...

Conference on Religious and Cultural Pluralism and Peaceful Coexistence in the Middle East

Conference Report

This International Conference was held in Athens on 30 and 31 October 2017. It was the second International Conference on this subject to be...

Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies (IDEO)

Founded in the 13th century in southern France, the Order of Preachers quickly took interest in Middle East, where the Order soon settled: in Constantinople, Tunis, Baghdad, and later in Mossul. Dominican masters in Theology owe their knowledge of Aristotle to Arab scholars: Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas wrote...